Note:

*The liturgy for the dead is an Easter liturgy.  It finds all meaning in 
the resurrection.  Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we too, shall 
be raised.*

*The liturgy, therefore, is characterized by joy, in the certainty that 
"neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things 
present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor 
anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love 
of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."*

*This joy, however, does not make human grief unchristian.  The very 
love we have for each other in Christ brings deep sorrow when we are 
parted by death.  Jesus himself wept at the grave of his friend.  So, 
while we rejoice that one we love has entered into the nearer presence 
of our Lord, we sorrow in sympathy with those who mourn.*